Standard theories in political science and economics lead to the expectation that democratization benefits the poor. Tests of these theories have usually investigated changes in average health or welfare outcomes. Here I use a more carefully targeted strategy. This paper offers the first...

This chapter examines the scope for mutually beneficial intergenerational cooperation, and looks at various attempts to theoretically explain the emergence of norms and institutions that facilitate this cooperation. The contributions reviewed come from branches of economics as far apart as...